Dr John Paul Loughrey, vice president for Scotland of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, told BBC Scotland News that the Scottish government’s plans for the NHS this winter would not improve the experience of staff or patients. He accused the Scottish government of 'continuing to disregard' the urgent need to keep patients moving through the hospital system to stop them getting stuck in A&E.
Delivering safe care continues to be a challenge in every emergency department in Scotland , according to a senior A&E doctor.
He accused the Scottish government of "continuing to disregard" the urgent need to keep patients moving through the hospital system to stop them getting stuck in A&E. This, he said, meant it was difficult to treat new patients arriving at A&E - leading to queues of ambulances outside and patients sometimes left in corridors which he said was "inhumane".Dr Loughrey said this "chronic pressure" was also leading to burnout for A&E staff, with some choosing to leave emergency medicine.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine carried out a survey of conditions in Scotland’s 21 emergency departments between March and April this year, which found that, on average, A&Es were working at 182% capacity. Dr Loughrey said: "Data was collected in the last two years for the impact on the elderly around about winter and, for example, looking at the number of patients presenting with hypothermia from their own homes.
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